Beowulf / translated by Stephen Mitchell.
"Beowulf tells the story of a Scandinavian hero who defeats three evil creatures--a huge, cannibalistic ogre named Grendel, Grendel's monstrous mother, and a dragon--and then dies, mortally wounded during his last encounter. If the definition of a superhero is "someone who uses his special powers to...
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| Language: | English English, Old (ca. 450-1100) |
| Language of the Original: |
English, Old (ca. 450-1100) |
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Parallel text on facing pages in Anglo-Saxon (Old English) and English. |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2017]
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| Physical Description: | xxxi, 225 pages : map, genealogical tables ; 22 cm |
| Other Uniform Title: | Beowulf.
English. Beowulf. English (Old English) (Mitchell) |
| Format: | Book |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-224). | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- About this translation -- About the text -- A note on pronunciation -- Map: the geography of Beowulf -- Beowulf -- Appendix: Genealogical tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments. | |
| 520 | |a "Beowulf tells the story of a Scandinavian hero who defeats three evil creatures--a huge, cannibalistic ogre named Grendel, Grendel's monstrous mother, and a dragon--and then dies, mortally wounded during his last encounter. If the definition of a superhero is "someone who uses his special powers to fight evil," then Beowulf is our first English superhero story, and arguably our best. It is also a deeply pious poem, so bold in its reverence for a virtuous pagan past that it teeters on the edge of heresy. From beginning to end, we feel we are in the hands of a master storyteller. Stephen Mitchell's marvelously clear and vivid rendering re-creates the robust masculine music of the original. It both hews closely to the meaning of the Old English and captures its wild energy and vitality, not just as a deep "work of literature" but also as a rousing entertainment that can still stir our feelings and rivet our attention today, after more than a thousand years. This new translation--spare, sinuous, vigorous in its narration, and translucent in its poetry--makes a masterpiece accessible to everyone." -- Publisher's description. | ||
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